Who is qualified to
offer physiyoga? Is
there certification
or any ability for
providers and the
public to recognize
a legitimate and
adequately qualified
provider? Who,
besides the Hospital
for Special Surgery,
offers it?
Any research going
on to compare it to
traditional PT,
Hatha yoga alone vs
TAU w/o non-pharm
modalities?.

Dr. Michele Berman

08/26/13

I don't believe
there is a specific
certification in
physioyoga at this
time. A practitioner
would certainly have
a degree in physical
therapy along with
certification in
yoga training.
The Hospital for
Special Surgery is
not the only place
that offers it.
There are a number
of practitioners
available on the web
who consider
themselves physiyoga
specialists..

Stefanie Foster, PT, RYT

09/13/13

You are correct that there is no one specific governing body over
physioyoga. I am part of a group of over 230 healthcare
professionals (many of them physical therapists) who use this
approach. Many of the members of the group are researchers
(although I don't know of a specific study completed just as aek
mentioned).
We are in the beginning stages of building a directory
fizzyyoga.info and the requirements for the directory are a
healthcare license and some form of yoga training, although that
training varies widely - as do the various areas of specialties of
the practitioners. There is currently only one yoga therapy
training that I know of limited exclusively to healthcare
professionals called Professional Yoga Therapy (I train there in
November)..

This survey is a poll of those who choose to participate and are, therefore, not valid statistical samples, but rather a snapshot of what your colleagues are thinking.

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